A veteran UUP councillor who signed a DUP man's local government election papers has said it is "time for unionist unity".
Jim Dillon, who is retiring from Lisburn and Castlereagh council, said: "There will probably not be an Ulster Unionist Party much longer."
The former mayor - one of Northern Ireland's longest serving councillors - signed the nomination forms for the DUP's Allan Ewart, who is seeking re-election in the Downshire West area.
